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Sean Rameswaram
Podcast Host
Before joining Vox to host its daily news podcast, Today, Explained, Sean was a correspondent for Radiolab’s More Perfect. He has also made radio for the CBC, NPR, and WNYC, where he hosted the fondly remembered Sideshow podcast for Studio 360.
Latest articles by Sean Rameswaram
![Why Israel can't destroy Hamas](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2154538843.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Israel can't destroy Hamas](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2154538843.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Amid ever-increasing global outrage, the objectives in Israel's war are out of reach.
![Eurovision says it’s “apolitical.” History says otherwise.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437393/2151203720.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Eurovision says it’s “apolitical.” History says otherwise.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25437393/2151203720.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Politics on Eurovision isn’t new. It’s been part of it almost from the start.
![Student protests are testing US colleges’ commitment to free speech](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25418554/2149590293.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![Student protests are testing US colleges’ commitment to free speech](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25418554/2149590293.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
The crackdown on protesters at Columbia and elsewhere lays bare the challenge of balancing academic freedom with student safety.
![Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25284429/1979626828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![Who’ll blink first: The world’s largest music company or TikTok?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25284429/1979626828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.
![Did El Salvador just vote to end democracy?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25277585/1978660243.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Did El Salvador just vote to end democracy?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25277585/1978660243.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The world’s “coolest dictator,” Nayib Bukele, wins reelection.
![Trading Brittney Griner for the “Merchant of Death”](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23932851/1242303018.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.679487179487%2C0%2C66.641025641026%2C100&w=2400)
![Trading Brittney Griner for the “Merchant of Death”](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23932851/1242303018.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.019230769230774%2C0%2C99.961538461538%2C100&w=2400)
The WNBA superstar was sentenced to nearly a decade in a Russian penal colony for drug possession. A prisoner swap freed her much sooner.
![We just got the most comprehensive study of pandemic learning loss](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23620161/Mastery_34.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.615969581749%2C0%2C66.768060836502%2C100&w=2400)
![We just got the most comprehensive study of pandemic learning loss](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23620161/Mastery_34.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.075930144267275%2C100%2C99.848139711465&w=2400)
Bad news, but there’s still time to fix it.
![Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23456736/AP22127287414614.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.097222222222%2C0%2C73.805555555556%2C100&w=2400)
![Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23456736/AP22127287414614.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.8362815205119%2C100%2C90.327436958976&w=2400)
What could it take to bring the WNBA superstar home?
![Your biggest Covid-19 vaccine questions, answered](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22173059/1230138567.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Your biggest Covid-19 vaccine questions, answered](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22173059/1230138567.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Vox reporter Umair Irfan joins Today, Explained to discuss the latest Covid-19 vaccine news.
![A guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policies](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21946063/1200x628.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=22%2C0%2C52.416666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A guide to the Trump administration’s biggest scandals, accomplishments, and policies](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21946063/1200x628.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.6875%2C0%2C78.625%2C100&w=2400)
Vox’s Today, Explained podcast takes a look back at Trump’s presidency.